A Blender script to procedurally generate 3D spaceships from a random seed.
- Install Blender: http://blender.org/download/
- Open a Text Editor view
- Press Alt + O, or go to Text > Open Text Block and open
spaceship_generator.py - Press Alt + P or click Run script
- Start with a box.
- Build the hull: Extrude the front/rear faces several times, adding random translation/scaling/rotation along the way.
- Add asymmetry to the hull: Pick random faces and extrude them out in a similar manner, reducing in scale each time.
- Add detail to the hull: Categorize each face by its orientation and generate details on it such as engines, antenna, weapon turrets, lights etc.
- Sometimes apply horizontal symmetry.
- Add a Bevel modifier to angularize the shape a bit.
- Apply materials to the final result.
- Take over the universe with your new infinite fleet of spaceships.
Written for fun as part of the /r/proceduralgeneration June 2016 monthly challenge.
Released under the MIT License.
Authored and maintained by Michael Davies.
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